The Miami Herald from Miami, Florida • 288

Sports Soden is triathlon winner Bert Soden of Dania won the 30-34-year-old division of last sprint triathlon at John Lloyd State Park with a 59:31 time Pat Davis of Hollywood won the 40-44-year-old division with a time of 1:3009 Doug Pomeranz of Dania was the 20-24 winner with a 59:39 finish Wendy Mulliken of Pembroke Pines was second in the 45-49 division with a 1:2932 finish and Dennis Walsh of Hollywood placed third in the 16-19 division with a 1:0212 time SOFTBALL: The Pasadena Lakes Swampfrogs defeated Tennessee 9- ALAN FREUND-Miami Herald Stall Miramar High graduate Darryel Walters is an outfielder with the Milwaukee Class A affiliate team Local players make good the Chaminade High graduate is proving he belongs with the New York Class A farm club in Lynchburg Va Klink 2:) a left-handed relief pitcher who pitched four seasons at St Thomas University is 1-0- Tom Magrann: The South Broward High graduate is struggling with the Philadelphia Class A affiliate in Peninsula Va After hitting 157 in 51 at-bats as a catcher Magrann 21 is attempting to convert to pitching John Toale: The 1983 second-round draft choice of the Boston Red Sox finally is putting together a good season The 20-year-old Taravella High graduate went on a recent hitting streak with the Class A Elmira Red Sox raising his batting average from below 100 to near 300 McDowell Walters probably has more natural ability than any other local player After an unspectacular rookie season the Miramar High graduate is beginning to fulfill that potential as an outfielder with the Milwaukee Class A affiliate in Beloit Wise Walters 20 is second in the league with 13 home runs and among the RBI leaders with 39 Jorge Alcazar: The Hollywood Hills High graduate finds himself in an organization with several other highly regarded catchers but he is attracting attention at the White Class A affiliate in Niagara Falls NY Alcazar 20 is hitting 319 with two home runs in his second pro seaon Joe Klink: Despite being selected in the 36th of 39 rounds of the amateur draft two years ago The Chicago White Sox called up Fallon 26 after he posted a 1-2 record and a 308 earned-run average with their top minor-league affiliate in Buffalo Joel McKeon: The South Broward High graduate is one step away from the major leagues pitching with Buffalo McKeon 22 who has inherited duties as the left-handed reliever is 5-2 with a 472 earned-run average Bill Lindsey: Another Hollywood Hills High graduate who has survived several minor-league seasons Lindsey is catching for the New York top farm team in Columbus Ohio Lindsey 25 regarded for his defensive capabilities is hitting 214 as the reserve catcher Darryel Walters: Besides Heighbors in Sports 3 in the first round of the Amateur Softball Association 13-15-year-old slow-pitch national tournament in Albany Ga The tournament concludes today BASEBALL: Julio Alcazar finished with a league-leading 477 batting average to help Pembroke Pines Optimist to an undefeated second-half season in the Big League 16-18-year-old) American Division John Cassarino hit 460 for the Optimist team which finished 14-0 in the second half Two Miramar teams are in Decatur 111 this weekend competing in the Khoury League national tournament for 10-11-year-olds The two teams the Silver Bullets and the Junkyard Dogs raised about $9000 for the trip GOLF: The foursome of Jerry Cooperman Syd Kirthman Bob Zolbert and Harry Avron shot a 58 to win the best-ball championship at the Pembroke Lakes Golf Club CHUCK FADELY 'Miami Herald Stall Pines was eliminated from ByTONYDeMARCO Herald Stuff Writer With the rash of Little League Khoury League and youth softball state championship tournaments taking place this time of year easy to forget about local stars of the past who have advanced to pro baseball Everyone of course knows about Oddibe McDowell 22 whose success as a rookie center-fielder with the Texas Rangers All-American status at Arizona State University and play with the 1984 US Olympic team is well chronicled a look at where several other South Broward residents are now: Bob Fallon: The Hollywood Hills High graduate recently earned his first trip to the majors after six minor-league seasons Loss ByTONYDeMARCO Herald Staff Wnter Six months of early morning workouts and special dieting earned Gil Fernandez just 10 minutes on stage at the Mr USA Contest last weekend in Las Vegas how long it took Fernandez 32 of Pembroke Pines to be eliminated from body second most prestigious national event He is not happy about the early exit not one to cry sour grapes but one judge told me this was the best ever looked then I was eliminated in 10 said Fernandez who has won four contests in his five years of body building stop Fernandez Sunday Auqust 4 1985 THE MIAMI HERALD BSW Fernandez is taking a short vacation however He has returned to Las Vegas this time with his wife Neli 14-month-old son Gil Jr and trainer Bert Christie They will stay two weeks Fernandez a former Metro-Dade police officer who now owns two beauty shops already has worked out his 1986 competitive schedule He will enter the Mr Continental USA contest in February Mr Florida in May and Mr USA in July going back to the Mr USA he said say you do better if they see you enough times Hopefully remember my face next said there was too many people in my weight class heavyweight so they had to cut down the field quickly They asked me for four or five poses and that was The rejection is not enough to stop Fernandez from competing as his eighth-place finish at the 1983 Mr Florida competition did After failing to place among the top finishers in that contest Fernandez quit for six months never accept losing but a little more mature now and I can rationalize things better said Fernandez who has built 60 pounds onto his 6-foot frame in five years and now weighs 240 pounds Gil Fernandez 32 of Pembroke Mr USA contest in Las Vegas.